Debka 08-Nov-13
Israel’s most painful lesson from the two-day Geneva conference on Iran’s nuclear program is that the man who guaranteed to defend Israel’s security, President Barack Obama, is now marching hand in hand with Tehran towards a nuclear-armed Iran. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu slams the interim nuclear agreement with Iran as “burying the possibility of a peaceful final accord.” He said: “Israel is not bound by this agreement and will do everything it needs to do to defend itself and its people’s security.” debkafile: This was a dual warning: 1) Israel has abandoned its trust in Barack Obama ever complying with his pledge to its security and will henceforth act on its own. 2) Israel may exercise its military option against Iran’s nuclear capability – whether openly or covertly.
November 9, 2013 Briefs
US warships recalled from Mediterranean
The Pentagon announced the recall of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and the USS Graveley naval destroyer from the Mediterranean. The Nimitz was moved into the eastern Mediterranean earlier this summer in preparation for a potential US strike on Syria, which President Obama called off at the last minute. debkafile: As the US Navy pulls out, Russia is building up its Mediterranean fleet to 18 warships.
Russian probe finds insufficient evidence of Arafat’s poisoning
In contrast to the Swiss lab report, Russian investigators found “the levels of Polonium-210 and the development of Yasser Arafat’s illness do not give sufficient evidence to support the decision that Polonium-210 caused acute radiation syndrome leading to death." Still, Palestinian officials in Ramallah continue to accuse Israel of his assassination.
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